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Issue: Amazing Man Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1939
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Issues: #6 of 22 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Corporation of America
On Sale Date: 09/14/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Data from Jerry Bails index cards and Howard Keltner's Golden Age index.

On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 431861.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Everett [as Everett ] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett [as Everett ] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shark
Character(s): The Shark (hand only); Amazing Man [John Man] (inset head-view in masthead)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #1 published December 2011
as Amazing Man Comics #6 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Masked Marvel

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ben Thompson; ?
Inker(s): Ben Thompson; ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: A full length feature in this issue
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Keen Detective Funnies, includes illustrations from latest issue. Credit to Ben Thompson for "The Masked Marvel".

Located on inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): "Aman" - the Amazing-Man
Character(s): Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Lucille Peabody (kidnapped girl); Carl Peabody (girl's father, copper magnate); The Great Question (villain); "The Big Boss" (villain, death); Sparks [aka Sparky] (villain, death); Simon Duprey (villain); Norma (villain, death); Barney (villain); Sam (villain, death)
First Line: Aman, known to his enemies as 'The Green Mist'...
Synopsis: John Aman is taken prisoner by a mysterious "Big Boss" and his gang, who have kidnapped the daughter of a copper magnate for ransom. However, The Great Question turns Aman into the Green Mist and uses him to terrorize the girl's father into paying the ransom, but the good side of Aman wins out and the girl is saved.
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In Content Item: FlagContinuum #3 published December 2007
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpt
In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #1 published December 2011
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)
Penciller(s): Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)
Inker(s): Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shark
Character(s): The Shark
First Line: Enter! Into the home of the Shark...
Synopsis: The super-science underwater hero the Shark stops criminals from starting a war in Furvainia.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Clyde Yeadon [as Clyde Don] (signed)
Penciller(s): Clyde Yeadon [as Clyde Don] (signed)
Inker(s): Clyde Yeadon [as Clyde Don] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Forbidden Island
Character(s): Lew; Bobbie
First Line: Lew--what do you suppose has made me want...
Synopsis: Lew and Bobbie are briefly stranded on an island and fight a brutish wild man.
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Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Iron Skull
Character(s): Iron Skull; Igor; Decor (villain, dies)
First Line: Hm-m--that undercover agent is exactly one hour late!
Synopsis: The Iron Skull battles Decor to stop him from using his death ray.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Also signed - as 'Burgos' - in the final panel.
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Sealed Orders

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rex Lawrence
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): General Nero Ling-sa; Lt. Quong
Synopsis: The rebel leader Ling-sa tries to commandeer a plane.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Congo War Drums: Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Sandy Thorne; Labu; The Kilanga; Mike O'Conner
Synopsis: Sandy frees the white people who had been imprisoned by the Kilanga headhunters and learns the white trader Lamont was responsible for arming the Kilanga uprising.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John F. Kolb (signed)
Penciller(s): John F. Kolb (signed)
Inker(s): John F. Kolb (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Minimidget - the Super-Midget
Character(s): Minimidget; Ritty; Mrs. Kerry
First Line: Minimidget, the super-midget, caught in a rat trap...
Synopsis: Minimidget and Ritty are placed in the care of an old lady who they have to protect from a burglar. As a reward they are given a toy plane. Minimidget fights with a bird.
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Pages: 7
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Land Beneath the Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Thomas (signed)
Penciller(s): Frank Thomas (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Thomas (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Chuck Hardy
Character(s): Chuck Hardy; Jerry Peterson
Synopsis: Chuck and Jerry meet the human rulers of Aquatania and enter their advanced super-city.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Ivy Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tarpe Mills ?
Penciller(s): Tarpe Mills (signed)
Inker(s): Tarpe Mills (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Philip Hampton (dies)
Synopsis: Hampton's cat spills his new plant growth formula, causing vines of ivy to continue growing until they reduce New Jersey and New York to little more than rubble. The US government bombs the countryside until the ivy is completely destroyed.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Filchock (signed)
Penciller(s): Martin Filchock (signed)
Inker(s): Martin Filchock (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, western
Feature(s): Mighty Man
Character(s): Mighty Man; Professor; Sunny; Jane; Pop (villain, dies); Slim; Limpy; Spade; Jim; Sleepy
First Line: Discovered in the valley of the giants...
Synopsis: Mighty Man helps find the person trying to drive Jane off her ranch.
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Pages: 7
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New 1940 catalog!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: 30 Shot Automatic Repeater
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a number of items from Johnson Smith & Co.

Located on inside rear cover.
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Hey Kids

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: All in one magazine
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for November issue of Amazing Mystery Funnies with illustrations of "The Fantom of the Fair", "Speed Centaur", "The Inner Circle", "Air-Sub D X" and "Don Dixon".

Located on rear cover.

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